UEFA Champions League 2023/24 Season

[Weawant]

Leverkusen's consistent performances in the Bundesliga so far certainly make it a tough task for Bayern Munich to win the Bundesliga title. Bayern Munich are trying but they can't close the points gap with Leverkusen. The 5 point gap between the two teams is too much in the way Bayern Munich and Leverkusen are currently competing. Bayan Munich should not only win their next matches but also expect them to win the next matches so that Leverkusen loses against other teams. If Leverkusen loses points against other teams and Bayan Munich regularly gets points, then the points gap between the two teams will narrow.

Tuchel should change his strategy and improve his performance because it is very difficult for this team to do well in the Champions League with this kind of performance.

Hoping that Leverkusen looses so that Bayern Munich will get ahead of them is something I don't see really happening soon because I'd taught that Bayern will be able to beat Leverkusen but allowing Leverkusen to this victory has made Leverkusen to even have a better confidence as to the fact that they are now dominating the bundesliga.

Bayern Munich would have to hope on luck else they are gradually loosing the competition against Leverkusen as Leverkusen is aiming at two records, to win the bundesliga and to stay unbeaten aswell, which I see as very achievable by them if only they can maintain their form and consistency, Bayern Munich may end up without a trophy this season and that may means that tuchel may loose his job aswell but then I feel they will try their best at the champions league to get a good result from there.

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More stable? I don't think Bayern Munich are more stable since Tuchel started to manage the team. I haven't seen them this much struggling before for winning the Bundesliga title.  

This is good to see for me though considering that I want a different team becoming champions. But if Bayern Munich don't manage to win the Bundesliga title I think Tuchel's seat would be under huge threat. Because it has become like a tradition for Bayern Munich to become champions here. They have an 11-title streak at the moment. This is just enormous you know and they wouldn't like to see Leverkusen putting an end to this.

Naglessman has been stats compared to the tuchel. it doesn't even make sense to call bayern under tuchel was better compared to the previous season. Leverkusen took only one and a half of season to surpass bayern and it has proven that how big the impact was being made by xabi alonso. It was so damn bad for tuchel by seeing his club has already destroyed by leverkusen.
I have no word to say for him but tuchel was a flop. It's caused by he was not able to perform better compared to the last season. I meant he was only lucky enough last season caused by dortmund was making a stupid mistake.

The officials from Bayern are expressing their dissatisfaction with the outcome achieved by Tuchel. They want xabi to become the new coach for the club. They are willing to see bayern munich to keep the momentum in the right track to make the club is always dominating the competition.
Hijacking xabi from leverkusen is the key owned by bayern to make sure the club will be able to dominate the competition again. This has become the main problem that must get more attention from leverkusen.

Leverkusen must take measures to guarantee that Xabi will always be a member of the team. This is the only problem that needs to be considered by the club like increase xabi's salary when bayern will try to approach him. So, it will not make him to leave from leverkusen and bayern will not able to dominate the competition again.
The main strategy owned by bayern to take the key owned by its rival to dominate the competition.

[rahmad2nd]

Even though Bayern Munich lost in their crucial match against Leverkusen I still believe they aren't out in the title race, it's a 5 point gap which is equivalent to the points that Dortmund was gapping them with last season but they eventually dropped points as they keep playing with other teams and finally Bayern Munich won the league last season. Yes the Champions league is another place they sure have a good chance and I believe they would rather prefer to win the champions league than their league if they have the opportunity to decide what they really want to win this season but I still think we shouldn't rule them out completely on the league because they still have so many matches to play likewise Leverkusen and anything is still possible in the game if football.

In short, Bayern still has a chance in the Domestic League competition, but that also depends on how Bayern Munich cleans up the remaining matches with a win. plus, hope Leverkusen slips in some of their matches. thus, competition will be exciting again in the fight for the Bundesliga trophy. after all, there are still many matches that must be played by both Bayern and Leverkusen. what is certain is that football is unique and difficult to predict with certainty.

Talk about Bayern Munich in this competition, before we get too far into discussing which team will be the champion candidate. or one of the strong challengers, let's just focus first on the match they will play. Bayern will visit Lazio in the first leg on 15 February. at the very least, Tuchel must bring his team to win the match by overthrowing the opposing team in either the first or second leg. in this way, we will know the team that will be Bayern's opponent in the next round. that is, if Bayern is able to overthrow Lazio. at least, Bayern has a big chance of qualifying from the round of 16. in fact, we can refer to temporary betting exchanges. Lazio with odds of 5.20, while Bayern Munich with @1.65. It seems clear, at least we have a little idea about the match between these two teams. so, let's just follow every development.

[bering]

Finally champion league round of 16 will be starting tomorrow and the first match is FC Copenhagen vs Manchester City and previously we have already to discuss about this match but i still interesting to talking more about both teams and as defending champion since group stages Manchester City was never gets decent opponents because they were into easy group and this also causes Manchester City can gets 18 points from 6 matches because their opponents quality is far below to them and at round of 16 too after drawing result Manchester City gets easy opponent

Copenhagen was into hard group because they were into group A which their status is not the favourite because in that group there is Manchester United or Bayern Munich who became an strong candidate to qualified but surprisingly Copenhagen can eliminate Manchester United and they finish at runner up position under Bayern Munich and about meeting statistics Manchester City have already met Copenhagen last season and Manchester City can able to win with big scores from Copenhagen and regarding this match i think there is no chances for Copenhagen to beat Manchester City moreover currently Manchester City will playing full team because all of their players have already to get recover from the injured and Manchester City has low odds @1.25 but i expect them can able to win with big scores again

[swogerino]

Finally champion league round of 16 will be starting tomorrow and the first match is FC Copenhagen vs Manchester City and previously we have already to discuss about this match but i still interesting to talking more about both teams and as defending champion since group stages Manchester City was never gets decent opponents because they were into easy group and this also causes Manchester City can gets 18 points from 6 matches because their opponents quality is far below to them and at round of 16 too after drawing result Manchester City gets easy opponent

Copenhagen was into hard group because they were into group A which their status is not the favourite because in that group there is Manchester United or Bayern Munich who became an strong candidate to qualified but surprisingly Copenhagen can eliminate Manchester United and they finish at runner up position under Bayern Munich and about meeting statistics Manchester City have already met Copenhagen last season and Manchester City can able to win with big scores from Copenhagen and regarding this match i think there is no chances for Copenhagen to beat Manchester City moreover currently Manchester City will playing full team because all of their players have already to get recover from the injured and Manchester City has low odds @1.25 but i expect them can able to win with big scores again

A lot of great games to look forward to with Inter Milan vs Atletico Madrid being one of the best games to watch yet I am very much interested in another game.I am going to watch live Paris vs Real Sociedad.I am very interested to see how will Psg play as they are looking from years now to go to a Champions League final and to win it and against Sociedad they should not have a lot of problems to win this game.If they cannot win at home then they should not expect at all any possible qualification.

[reagansimms]

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I actually see it from a different perspective, Bayern Munich's performance is better and stronger compared to the previous season, but they can't maintain the consistency of their performance, which means they are now behind Leverkusen in the Bundesliga.
And in the UCL I think it will be different, with the strength that Bayern Munich currently has, other teams should take into account or be wary of them in the competition for the UCL title this season.

Because they are unable to maintain consistent performance, that is Bayern Munich weakness this season. On the one hand, the defeat to Leverkusen was a very painful blow for Bayern Munich, while on the other hand, Tuchel has to learn a lot from this defeat if he doesn't want his team to slip out of this competition more quickly.
Bayern Munich must be more careful in the UCL, the players need to maintain unity by helping each other to get maximum results. The strength of Bayern Munich is still capable of providing competition in the race for trophies, but they must avoid mistakes to prevent the same incident as when they were humiliated by Leverkusen.

[KTChampions]

At the moment Napoli are in 9th place and Barcelona are in 3rd, but is there a big difference if we are talking about the current champions who have already failed to defend the title and have no chance this season? There is nothing unfair in calling them losers, by the way, both clubs evaluate this season in the same way since Napoli has already changed their coach, and Xavi’s departure from Barcelona has already been announced.
But one of them will end up in the quarter finals (two steps away from the title hehe) and will have a chance to save the season.

This year there is no such clear favorite for the title. I think Barcelona is very weak despite their 3rd place in La Liga, Napoli has a very good chance of advancing to the next round as winners. But I don't see any chance for either team of winning the CL this year.

Yesterday, the rest of Real's competitors (even theoretical ones) again lost points, and now Real again has a 10-point advantage over Barcelona 
As for Barcelona, I just don’t know what those who consider them favorites in the game with Napoli are thinking. Barcelona can't even beat Granada at home and concede 3 goals per game from an outsider which scores less than a goal per game on average. This is ridiculous.
Thank God Atlético didn't win yesterday either (thus my multi-bet was destroyed twice) otherwise I would have been very angry 

[makishart]

At the moment Napoli are in 9th place and Barcelona are in 3rd, but is there a big difference if we are talking about the current champions who have already failed to defend the title and have no chance this season? There is nothing unfair in calling them losers, by the way, both clubs evaluate this season in the same way since Napoli has already changed their coach, and Xavi’s departure from Barcelona has already been announced.
But one of them will end up in the quarter finals (two steps away from the title hehe) and will have a chance to save the season.

Since being handled by Mazzarri, Napoli's performance has really dropped drastically, I really like the Spaletti era, even in the local league, they are no longer able to compete at the top of the standings.

Meanwhile for Barcelona their performance is actually not that bad, the only issue is that Xavi is not comfortable at Barcelona and if this really happens then Barcelona's performance will be affected, even though the Barcelona vs Napoli match will take place in the next 10 days but both teams must prepare themselves mentally. Even though Napoli has a small chance of winning, they have to keep fighting in this match.

thing that makes me feel better if napoli had only short term contract with him. Im a hundred percents sure that if mazzarri will not extent his career in napoli. Even napoli president is looking for a new coach to handle the club. Im only wondering who is going to be the next coach for napoli.
Conte has been rejecting napoli's offer and it seemed to me that napoli will be facing difficulty in getting a new coach. I hope that my opinion will not true but consider how big the target needs to be achieved by the coach makes me feel happy with it.
This is strange but napoli president is always making intervention for the club. Let's wait and see who is gonna be the new candidate to become a new coach for napoli. We are heading toward the end of season and anything can happen soon.

Napoli lost against acmilan and i think the management shall not tolerate it. it's crazy when club was recruiting mazzarri which didn't have good experience to manage the big club to become a head coach for napoli. It feels like that the title being a champion of serie a last season meant nothing to recruit the new coach.
it is a disgraceful result from napoli. Hope things can be better for the club in the future.

[BRINIRHA]

Yesterday, the rest of Real's competitors (even theoretical ones) again lost points, and now Real again has a 10-point advantage over Barcelona 
As for Barcelona, I just don’t know what those who consider them favorites in the game with Napoli are thinking. Barcelona can't even beat Granada at home and concede 3 goals per game from an outsider which scores less than a goal per game on average. This is ridiculous.
Thank God Atlético didn't win yesterday either (thus my multi-bet was destroyed twice) otherwise I would have been very angry 

But Napoli is currently even worse in Serie A, ranking 9th. So we also can't expect Napoli to beat Barcelona. But after seeing Barcelona held to a draw by Granada, now we also can't hope that Barcelona will succeed in beating Napoli. This is very funny because the Barcelona vs Napoli match will be a match that brings together two teams that have experienced inconsistencies this season. It's just that in terms of rankings, Barcelona is still ahead in 4th place in the league. This is different from Napoli which was thrown all the way to 9th place. Last season these two teams were champions in their respective domestic leagues. But this season, both of them are having difficulty getting close to first place. 

[Jody.Drummer]

More stable? I don't think Bayern Munich are more stable since Tuchel started to manage the team. I haven't seen them this much struggling before for winning the Bundesliga title.  

This is good to see for me though considering that I want a different team becoming champions. But if Bayern Munich don't manage to win the Bundesliga title I think Tuchel's seat would be under huge threat. Because it has become like a tradition for Bayern Munich to become champions here. They have an 11-title streak at the moment. This is just enormous you know and they wouldn't like to see Leverkusen putting an end to this.

In my opinion, one of the mistakes made by management was because they were too quick to fire Nagelsmann at the end of last season, from there Bayern Munich started to falter. I won't blame Tuchel for this, because he was appointed to replace Nagelsmann.
Maybe I would blame management more, why do they have to make decisions so quickly, at such a crucial time too. The reason is that firing Nagelsmann at the end of the season was not the right decision, if they wanted they could have waited longer, at least they waited until the end of the season.
At a time when Bayern Munich is experiencing a setback, at the same time there is Leverkusen who is performing very well this season, it allows us to see how they are this season. Moreover, with the recent defeat they experienced against Leverkusen, it was like answering the questions we had been asking them. 

[Docnaster]

At the moment Napoli are in 9th place and Barcelona are in 3rd, but is there a big difference if we are talking about the current champions who have already failed to defend the title and have no chance this season? There is nothing unfair in calling them losers, by the way, both clubs evaluate this season in the same way since Napoli has already changed their coach, and Xavi’s departure from Barcelona has already been announced.
But one of them will end up in the quarter finals (two steps away from the title hehe) and will have a chance to save the season.

This year there is no such clear favorite for the title. I think Barcelona is very weak despite their 3rd place in La Liga, Napoli has a very good chance of advancing to the next round as winners. But I don't see any chance for either team of winning the CL this year.

Napoli and Barcelona were the champions of their respective leagues last season but have failed to replicate their impressive performances in their leagues this season. After I analysed the reason behind their failure to be able to compete for their respective league titles this season, I came to understand that the two European giants doesn't have similar problems that led to their poor performance this season.

For Barcelona, their issue is caused by the club's financial crises that limited them from signing high profile players that can be capable to sustain their impressive performance of last season. Also another thing that made them to be underperforming this is is the fact that most of the top performers in the team have been injured in different times this season and that's why the manager Xavi Hernandez have been unable to help the team replicate their performance of last season in the current campaign.

Napoli on the other hand is unable to defend their league title because the manager who helped the team win the league title last season left immediately at the end of the season and despite the club's management efforts to bring in other good managers to the club, they've failed to replicate what the team under Luciano Spaletti did last season.

[Weawant]

But Napoli is currently even worse in Serie A, ranking 9th. So we also can't expect Napoli to beat Barcelona. But after seeing Barcelona held to a draw by Granada, now we also can't hope that Barcelona will succeed in beating Napoli. This is very funny because the Barcelona vs Napoli match will be a match that brings together two teams that have experienced inconsistencies this season. It's just that in terms of rankings, Barcelona is still ahead in 4th place in the league. This is different from Napoli which was thrown all the way to 9th place. Last season these two teams were champions in their respective domestic leagues. But this season, both of them are having difficulty getting close to first place. 

Barcelona isn't any better either so I aswell will not be expecting Barcelona to beat Napoli, moreover this is champions league an snot their various domestic leagues where they are usually able to put up any form of performance and be able to still get ahead probably because they are used to the style of play in their domestic league.

Barcelona has managed to maintain a fair position in their league table but then if you take a proper look at their performance, considering the fact that they don't have a really good defense, if Napoli is able to penetrate their defense well enough then they can be sure to beat Barcelona because Napolitano doesn't conceed as much goals as Barcelona do conceed in a single match recently, just that Napoli is suffering some kind of set backs recently and that has got a whole lot of effects on their performance generally  but then they could do better in the champions league as they don't have a really rough team to contend.

[topbitcoin]

In short, Bayern still has a chance in the Domestic League competition, but that also depends on how Bayern Munich cleans up the remaining matches with a win. plus, hope Leverkusen slips in some of their matches. thus, competition will be exciting again in the fight for the Bundesliga trophy. after all, there are still many matches that must be played by both Bayern and Leverkusen. what is certain is that football is unique and difficult to predict with certainty.

Indeed, in this case Bayern's chance is still there because after all the competition is still continuing and don't forget last season when their last match made the difference by winning and becoming champions when the competition almost belonged to Dortmund so this season can still be like that. But on the other hand for luck like last season must also be accompanied by a decline in performance from Leverkusen but until now Leverkusen's performance is still very well maintained even they are still very good.

With the landslide victory they got against Bayern some time ago of course it became a situation where Leverkusen's confidence increased and their hopes of becoming champions are very big now so seeing this condition of course even though Bayern's chances are still there but expect Leverkusen to experience a decline in performance and they can reduce the current points gap of course it is difficult to do.

[Minor Miner]

Yesterday, the rest of Real's competitors (even theoretical ones) again lost points, and now Real again has a 10-point advantage over Barcelona 
As for Barcelona, I just don’t know what those who consider them favorites in the game with Napoli are thinking. Barcelona can't even beat Granada at home and concede 3 goals per game from an outsider which scores less than a goal per game on average. This is ridiculous.
Thank God Atlético didn't win yesterday either (thus my multi-bet was destroyed twice) otherwise I would have been very angry 

But Napoli is currently even worse in Serie A, ranking 9th. So we also can't expect Napoli to beat Barcelona. But after seeing Barcelona held to a draw by Granada, now we also can't hope that Barcelona will succeed in beating Napoli. This is very funny because the Barcelona vs Napoli match will be a match that brings together two teams that have experienced inconsistencies this season. It's just that in terms of rankings, Barcelona is still ahead in 4th place in the league. This is different from Napoli which was thrown all the way to 9th place. Last season these two teams were champions in their respective domestic leagues. But this season, both of them are having difficulty getting close to first place. 

Barcelona and Napoli are both renowned teams. And both these teams are in a very bad shape right now. It is very difficult to say which team is favorite in this match.

Napoli lost their last match against Milan. On the other hand, Barcelona team failed to win against a weak team like Granada. The match was drawn 3-3. Barcelona's main weakness is their defense. If Xavi is able to tighten up their defense then I'd say Barcelona can win against Napoli. Because currently the performance of Napoli's attacking players is relatively weak. Barcelona and Napoli will meet in just 10 days. So there is not much time for both the teams to fix the weaknesses of the squad.

[temple]

Yesterday, the rest of Real's competitors (even theoretical ones) again lost points, and now Real again has a 10-point advantage over Barcelona 
As for Barcelona, I just don’t know what those who consider them favorites in the game with Napoli are thinking. Barcelona can't even beat Granada at home and concede 3 goals per game from an outsider which scores less than a goal per game on average. This is ridiculous.
Thank God Atlético didn't win yesterday either (thus my multi-bet was destroyed twice) otherwise I would have been very angry 

But Napoli is currently even worse in Serie A, ranking 9th. So we also can't expect Napoli to beat Barcelona. But after seeing Barcelona held to a draw by Granada, now we also can't hope that Barcelona will succeed in beating Napoli. This is very funny because the Barcelona vs Napoli match will be a match that brings together two teams that have experienced inconsistencies this season. It's just that in terms of rankings, Barcelona is still ahead in 4th place in the league. This is different from Napoli which was thrown all the way to 9th place. Last season these two teams were champions in their respective domestic leagues. But this season, both of them are having difficulty getting close to first place. 

Barcelona and Napoli are both renowned teams. And both these teams are in a very bad shape right now. It is very difficult to say which team is favorite in this match.

Napoli lost their last match against Milan. On the other hand, Barcelona team failed to win against a weak team like Granada. The match was drawn 3-3. Barcelona's main weakness is their defense. If Xavi is able to tighten up their defense then I'd say Barcelona can win against Napoli. Because currently the performance of Napoli's attacking players is relatively weak. Barcelona and Napoli will meet in just 10 days. So there is not much time for both the teams to fix the weaknesses of the squad.

They are well renowned teams, but by no means does it guarantee any of those two teams that they have a superior role in this duel between Barcelona and Napoli.

Both are having problems and Napoli just lost an important game against Milan. That was the backdoor they had in the fight for the top four, but they failed. At the same time Barcelona is playing nonsense. This is one of the most interesting games because it can't be predicted who will hold the upper hand.

[KTChampions]

Yesterday, the rest of Real's competitors (even theoretical ones) again lost points, and now Real again has a 10-point advantage over Barcelona 
As for Barcelona, I just don’t know what those who consider them favorites in the game with Napoli are thinking. Barcelona can't even beat Granada at home and concede 3 goals per game from an outsider which scores less than a goal per game on average. This is ridiculous.
Thank God Atlético didn't win yesterday either (thus my multi-bet was destroyed twice) otherwise I would have been very angry 

But Napoli is currently even worse in Serie A, ranking 9th. So we also can't expect Napoli to beat Barcelona. But after seeing Barcelona held to a draw by Granada, now we also can't hope that Barcelona will succeed in beating Napoli. This is very funny because the Barcelona vs Napoli match will be a match that brings together two teams that have experienced inconsistencies this season. It's just that in terms of rankings, Barcelona is still ahead in 4th place in the league. This is different from Napoli which was thrown all the way to 9th place. Last season these two teams were champions in their respective domestic leagues. But this season, both of them are having difficulty getting close to first place. 

I have already written that for Barcelona such a third place is a sign of a crisis that is comparable to the ninth place of Napoli. And it seems that the bookmakers agree with me, look at the quotes:

2.58 - 3.65 - 2.58

In the first game, which will take place in Italy, the chances are absolutely equal. I think it’s clear that if Napoli wins the first game (even with a minimal score), then the “randomness” in this pair will sharply decrease and they will become favorites in the fight for the quarterfinals. Well, of course, if Barcelona wins or holds a draw, then it will become a clear favorite in the home game. For me personally, only one thing is clear so far: a total over 3.5 looks very real.

[marcous]

They are well renowned teams, but by no means does it guarantee any of those two teams that they have a superior role in this duel between Barcelona and Napoli.

Both are having problems and Napoli just lost an important game against Milan. That was the backdoor they had in the fight for the top four, but they failed. At the same time Barcelona is playing nonsense. This is one of the most interesting games because it can't be predicted who will hold the upper hand.

The inconsistencies experienced by Barcelona and Napoli in their domestic league make us doubt who deserves to be the favorite when the two face each other in the round of 16. However, I still tend towards Barcelona, regardless of their current performance, Xavi squad mentality in the UCL is better than Napoli. It true, historical factors sometimes can't make any difference, it's all about how prepared Xavi is to improve the team performance. Apart from that, betting on this match certainly requires more careful consideration, because I also agree that this match is very difficult to predict.

In terms of squad depth, Barcelona is superior to Napoli, and I think Barcelona chances of qualifying for the quarter-finals are higher than Napoli. With the completion of the Africa Cup of Nations, Osimhen will be able to join Napoli again, and he returns at the right time to help his team. Barcelona and Napoli will play one more match in the local competition, before the round of 16 of the UCL rolls around, this match can be a reference for assessing their next chances in the UCL.

[hahay]

More stable? I don't think Bayern Munich are more stable since Tuchel started to manage the team. I haven't seen them this much struggling before for winning the Bundesliga title.  

This is good to see for me though considering that I want a different team becoming champions. But if Bayern Munich don't manage to win the Bundesliga title I think Tuchel's seat would be under huge threat. Because it has become like a tradition for Bayern Munich to become champions here. They have an 11-title streak at the moment. This is just enormous you know and they wouldn't like to see Leverkusen putting an end to this.

It seems like you have forgotten the events and drama that happened in last season, because last season Bayern Munich also only relied on the bad luck experienced by Dortmund until finally Bayern Munich managed to win the Bundesliga trophy . After all, in the previous few seasons it was also that Bayern Munich worked hard to get trophies and it was not easy at all. But yes, because this season Bayer Leverkusen have actually been very impressive, then Bayern Munich's efforts still failed and I think that should still be a normal result.

Therefore, I think at least Bayern Munich can focus more on the Champions League because ya, with results that are not completely good in the Bundesliga, it doesn't mean that Bayern Munich is weak in the Champions League . Because for me, Bayern Munich still has a good performance at this moment and therefore, I believe Bayern Munich can still compete well in the Champions League if they prioritize the Champions League from now.

[Minor Miner]

Yesterday, the rest of Real's competitors (even theoretical ones) again lost points, and now Real again has a 10-point advantage over Barcelona 
As for Barcelona, I just don’t know what those who consider them favorites in the game with Napoli are thinking. Barcelona can't even beat Granada at home and concede 3 goals per game from an outsider which scores less than a goal per game on average. This is ridiculous.
Thank God Atlético didn't win yesterday either (thus my multi-bet was destroyed twice) otherwise I would have been very angry 

But Napoli is currently even worse in Serie A, ranking 9th. So we also can't expect Napoli to beat Barcelona. But after seeing Barcelona held to a draw by Granada, now we also can't hope that Barcelona will succeed in beating Napoli. This is very funny because the Barcelona vs Napoli match will be a match that brings together two teams that have experienced inconsistencies this season. It's just that in terms of rankings, Barcelona is still ahead in 4th place in the league. This is different from Napoli which was thrown all the way to 9th place. Last season these two teams were champions in their respective domestic leagues. But this season, both of them are having difficulty getting close to first place. 

Barcelona and Napoli are both renowned teams. And both these teams are in a very bad shape right now. It is very difficult to say which team is favorite in this match.

Napoli lost their last match against Milan. On the other hand, Barcelona team failed to win against a weak team like Granada. The match was drawn 3-3. Barcelona's main weakness is their defense. If Xavi is able to tighten up their defense then I'd say Barcelona can win against Napoli. Because currently the performance of Napoli's attacking players is relatively weak. Barcelona and Napoli will meet in just 10 days. So there is not much time for both the teams to fix the weaknesses of the squad.

They are well renowned teams, but by no means does it guarantee any of those two teams that they have a superior role in this duel between Barcelona and Napoli.

Both are having problems and Napoli just lost an important game against Milan. That was the backdoor they had in the fight for the top four, but they failed. At the same time Barcelona is playing nonsense. This is one of the most interesting games because it can't be predicted who will hold the upper hand.

As both the teams are in the same position now, it is not possible to pick a favorite team in this match. Barcelona's performance is now erratic. But I think the match will not be a draw. The first match is Napoli's home match. Napoli will definitely want to dominate the home match. So if Barcelona perform badly they are likely to lose. Xavi really needs to develop a better match strategy. And the defense must be kept strong. If the defense is weak, it is difficult to perform well against a team like Napoli. Barcelona's defenders have been erratic in their attack.

[Cookdata]

But Napoli is currently even worse in Serie A, ranking 9th. So we also can't expect Napoli to beat Barcelona. But after seeing Barcelona held to a draw by Granada, now we also can't hope that Barcelona will succeed in beating Napoli. This is very funny because the Barcelona vs Napoli match will be a match that brings together two teams that have experienced inconsistencies this season. It's just that in terms of rankings, Barcelona is still ahead in 4th place in the league. This is different from Napoli which was thrown all the way to 9th place. Last season these two teams were champions in their respective domestic leagues. But this season, both of them are having difficulty getting close to first place. 

Not like Barcelona are also in good shape. They played one of their domestic round yesterday with Granada, a relegated team for that matter and yet the match ended in 3-3 as draw, if not that they have perform very well in the beginning of the season, they will be in the same spot like Napoli right now. Napoli also are suffering from their own mistake for pushing conflicts between there players, now the two players don't blend well again, Osimhen just finished Afcon yesterday, he has not been around and I'm not sure if he is going to be around for this game because he is having injury.

If I'm to bet against this two teams, I wouldn't bet for win or loss, I bet for goals and I will pick over 1.5 for Napoli and Barcelona but since Barcelona will be home for the first leg, it's possible for Xavi to improve the boys to give a lead against Napoli in the coming matche, that's if Osimhen isn't around but if he doesn't play, Napoli risk losing this match for sure.